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Assignment on Reasons and using examples. Outlining (5 sub-tasks)

Task 1 Organize the scrambled sentences for each of the following

topics into an outline (put them into the order). The sentences are
reasons, examples or other specific details, topic sentences, or
concluding sentences.

Topic 1: Reasons not to own a Hummer

1. To sum up, for the health of your bank balance as well as for the
health of the environment, don’t buy a Hummer.
2. Hummers are big gas hogs.
3. The H2 model gets less than 10 miles per gallon of gas.
4. In one year, a Hummer gives off 24,100 pounds of carbon
dioxide, which is two to three times more than average cars give
off.
5. There are at least two reasons for not buying the huge, military-
type vehicle called a Hummer.
6. The U.S. government’s Environmental Protection Agency gives it
a failing grade.
7. When gas costs $3 per gallon, it costs $100 to fill up a
Hummer’s big gas tank.
8. Hummers are bad for the environment.

Topic 2: Reasons to own a Smart

1. The Smart is easy on the wallet.
2. The Smart will be the next “cool” car to own for several reasons.
3. The design is eye-catching.
4. It costs between $15,000 and $25,000.
 5. It has changeable door panels in stylish colors.
6. It is only 8 feet, 2 1/2 inches (250 cm) long, which is the width of
a street parking space.
7. Its body is modern in design.
8. You can park two or three Smarts side-by-side in a single street
parking space.
9. The European model gets 60 miles per gallon of gas, and
the U.S. model 50 miles per gallon.
10. The Smart is easy to park.
11. For style, economy, and easy parking, the Smart is the car to
buy.
Task 2 Fill in the blanks with for example, for instance, or such as.
Add commas where necessary. (There may be more than one correct
answer.)
1. San Francisco has several ethnic 1 neighborhoods ______North
Beach (Italian), the Mission District (Hispanic), and Chinatown
(Chinese).
2. When you visit the ethnic neighborhoods of Miami, you feel that
you are in a foreign country. _______in Little Havana you can
easily imagine that you are in Cuba.
3. Summers are much cooler in San Francisco than in Los
Angeles._____ the average July temperature in San Francisco is
about 65°F, but it is 85°F in Los Angeles.
4. Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula has many luxury beach resorts
________Cancun and Cozumel.
5. The Yucatan is full of archaeological treasures ________the
Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza and Tulum.
Task 3

Imagine that you work for a travel agency. Write a paragraph

recommending your hometown, the place where you live now, or any place
that you know well as a place to go on vacation. Give at least three reasons
why a visitor would enjoy vacationing there. Give specific examples for your
reasons. Do not forget to check all the points:
- structure – a topic sentence, supporting sentences, a concluding
sentence,
- transition signals,
- grammar, punctuation, spelling.

a) Write an outline.
b) Write a paragraph using your outline.